One-quarter of freshwater animals are now threatened with extinction, and population declines in fresh waters outpace those ...

“International protection from exploitation is vital for the survival of wild freshwater turtle populations in the country.” The Center’s petition asks that the alligator snapping turtle, 13 species ...

Freshwater species are also threatened by pollution, overfishing, invasive species, disease, dams and water extraction. Pollution impacts 57% of freshwater fish species at risk of extinction, the ...

While shocking, this figure of 24% of freshwater species threatened with extinction is comparable with the estimate for predominantly land-based amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, of which ...

Since 1500, at least 89 freshwater species have been confirmed extinct, with another 178 suspected of disappearing. Since 1970, 35 percent of wetlands have been lost, a rate three times faster ...

Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth’s surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they are in distress.

The global assessment of freshwater animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species evaluated the extinction risk of 23,496 freshwater ...

Nearly one in four freshwater fish species, crustaceans and dragonflies are at 'high risk of' extinction, scientists warn. By COLIN FERNANDEZ ENVIRONMENT EDITOR. Published: 20:06 EDT, 8 January ...

Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they are in distress.